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20110138010 | GENERATION OF DATA CONCERNING RECEPTION OF MEDIA CONTENT AT A COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A method of providing data associated with reception of media content is presented. In the method, a communication device receives media content from a media content receiver via a communication network. The received media content is output to a user of the communication device. Data is then generated in the communication device which includes information identifying a channel selected by the user over which the media content receiver receives the media content. The data further includes information identifying a time period during which the communication device receives the media content. The data is transferred via the communication network to a communication node. | 06-09-2011 |
20130013737 | GENERATION OF DATA CONCERNING RECEPTION OF MEDIA CONTENT AT A COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A method of providing data associated with reception of media content is presented. In the method, a communication device receives media content from a media content receiver via a communication network. The received media content is output to a user of the communication device. Data is then generated in the communication device which includes information identifying a channel selected by the user over which the media content receiver receives the media content. The data further includes information identifying a time period during which the communication device receives the media content. The data is transferred via the communication network to a communication node. | 01-10-2013 |
20140189766 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SEEKING WITHIN RECORDED MEDIA STORED ON A SET-TOP BOX - A method of viewing recorded media in accordance with one embodiment includes receiving a media stream from a remotely located media source over a network, storing the media stream on a media storage device, and generating a condensed media file to store a subset of frames of the media stream. Further, the method includes receiving a seek request associated with a specified time within the media stream, determining a first frame within the subset of frames in the condensed media file that is previous to and closest in time to the specified time, and displaying the first frame. | 07-03-2014 |
20150110461 | DYNAMIC MEDIA RECORDING - A stream of media content is received in a media device. A value is determined in metadata of the media content relating to an indicia of interest in a portion of the media content. A first clip including the portion of the media content is stored based at least in part on the indicia of interest, whereby the first clip is made available for later retrieval. | 04-23-2015 |
20150110462 | DYNAMIC MEDIA VIEWING - A device is configured to record a stream of media content. The device determines that a value in metadata of the recorded media content associated with an index in the media content matches or exceeds a predetermined value. The device receives a request to play back the recorded media content and plays back the recorded media content beginning at the index specified by the metadata. | 04-23-2015 |
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20140189836 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS TO AN ACCOUNT - An account management server, a communication device and a service device are provided for managing access to an account. The account management server, for example, includes, but is not limited to, a storage device configured to store identifying information for each of a plurality of service devices and configured to store an account associated with each of the plurality of service devices, and a processor communicatively coupled to the storage device, wherein the processor is configured to: receive identifying information from a communication device; identify at least one service device whose stored identifying information matches the received identifying information; and grant management access to the account associated with the identified at least one service device to the communication device | 07-03-2014 |
20150188966 | PLACESHIFTING LIVE ENCODED VIDEO FASTER THAN REAL TIME - Systems, methods and devices are described to encode, deliver and playback a placeshifted media stream via the Internet or another network. The media stream is appropriately encoded at a quality level (e.g., at a bit rate, frame rate, resolution, etc.) that allows content to be delivered faster than it is played back. This sort of “faster than real time” encoding allows the placeshifted media stream to be buffered at the remote device for more effective performance. | 07-02-2015 |